Crossing the Creek - Deleted Scene | Life Below Zero

So I came down, I'm crossing the valley, and I want to go up on this mountain here next. This is another mountain I'm thinking about hunting on, and I want to see if there are any sheep up there today. I'm just going to have to cross this little creek here to get over to it. It's pretty cold out today, probably in the 30s or low 40s at the most. It's actually beautiful weather for being out in the woods, but it's not the best weather for crossing creeks.

This looks promising right here; not too deep, but I definitely want to take my boots and pants off just so I don't get wet. A few snow flurries right now—it's pretty cold out now, so I want to stay dry if I can. I'm in the habit of traveling light. For one thing, when you're hunting, you don't have a choice. Now today I'm just scouting, but when I come out here sheep hunting, I have to travel light because I have to carry meat back.

You’ve got to carry sheep down off a mountain like that, all the way across the valley back home. It's the hardest meat there is out here to get home clothes dry. Look, it’s a little deep. Jesus Christ, I was a little deeper than I thought! All right, nothing to be afraid of; this bit of water, you—it's great. Go across that without getting any more cloak left.

It's June, and it's snowing. Pretty typical up here. I see snow every month of the year. July is not common, but in early June, it can snow quite a lot. I love this weather, actually; perfect for trapping. This is good terrain here. When sheep are threatened, they like to climb up into the rocks. That's why you usually find sheep very close to this kind of terrain right here.

Sheep don't like to go far from the cliffs; they like to stay close by this terrain because this is where they can escape from predators and this is where they can escape from me. Sheep can climb places I can go.